Meta’s Muse AI app loses momentum as downloads slip 8.1%

What happened

Muse's declining user growth raises concerns about Meta's strategic direction and highlights challenges in AI adoption and privacy issues. From chart-topper to cooldown Muse launched on September 8, 2026.

Total daily active users reached roughly 2.73 million on October 6. The post Meta’s Muse AI app loses momentum as downloads slip 8.1% appeared first on Crypto Briefing .

11, 2026 Meta ’s Muse came out of the gate looking like a hit. A month later, the app is starting to look more like a movie with a huge opening weekend and a steep second-week drop.

Meta pitched it as a personal AI capable of carrying out tasks on its own, rather than simply answering questions. The app pulled in over five million downloads in its first 22 days.

That run pushed it to the top of the US app charts. Average daily downloads fell to roughly 165,000 through October 7, an 8.1% decline from the prior week.

Growth in daily active users slowed even more sharply. Advertisement In mid-September, Muse was adding an average of approximately 198,000 daily users per day.